Contra Costa Countywide Youth Commission
      bridging the gap since 1995
Welcome to Contra Costa Countywide Youth CommissionSunday, September 05 2010 @ 10:56 AM MDT

What is The Bridge?

The Bridge is a newsletter created by youth for youth. Though organized by the CYC, you are welcome to submit an article of your own. If approved by an administrator, your work could appear online in the online version of The Bridge or even appear in the newsletter itself. The original version of The Bridge is sent out across the county to schools, libraries, and other locations every year.

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I'm so stressed out, I can't come up with a title!

The college admission(s?) process...................... · read more (374 words)
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Technological Defects

By Sebastian DeLuca

Just the other day I found myself listening to my parents ramble away about the apparent good ole’ days. My mom talked of the friends she had in high school. My dad reminisced on having an afro, or just having hair at all. · read more (1,168 words)
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What Happened to Youth?

Six empty cans of Red Bull and hundreds of papers lay scattered on the floor, their owner currently collapsed from exhaustion on the bed. The time is 4:07 A.M., and they are trying to sleep as they must leave the house in two hours to get a parking spot in the school’s crammed parking lot. · read more (286 words)
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The Public School Conundrum

This is the first article in a series written by CYC members about the college admissions process. More will be coming later. · read more (276 words)